About this episode
Most first-timers shy away from buying across borders. Not Christi Loucks, whose Canadian acquisition did $550k of SDE.
Topics in Christi’s interview:
- Buying a business for personal fulfillment
- Painful broken deals
- Challenges of buying a cross-border business in Canada
- The positive role emotions play in dealmaking
- Losing (and regaining) 55% of her clients after transition
- The line between cold outreach and spam
- Constant change in the tech industry
- Unexpected expenses after transition
- Planning for her maternity leave
- Her husband’s return to a corporate job
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